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Show Heavily Loaded Trucks in East Peril Highways Restriction of the weight of trucks carrying loads over a number of Connecticut Con-necticut highways Is likely to follow a survey now being made of freight and traffic conditions, the state highway high-way department has announced. Although Al-though no definite program has yet been decided upon, the limitation is being considered in view of the heavy truck traffic that now traverses the state. In answer to an inquiry from the Rhode Island board of public roads, Highway Commissioner John A. Mac-donald Mac-donald has replied that at present, at least, there will probably be no restrictions re-strictions of loads under the state's 25,000-pound limit on roads leading into Rhode Island. This maximum weight limit is fixed by statute. The highway department, however, has authority au-thority to make further restrictions if the safety of the public highways is endangered by overloading of trucks. |